was dedicated to king Prahattan from north India, and to teach him principles of Tamil poetry. It has significant details about clothing, jewelry, mountain farmers guarding their crops from elephants and other wildlife, weapons chieftains carried, musical instruments, warrior god Murugan, priests making their evening devotions, and other cultural information about ancient Tamil Nadu. The poem presents courtship practices of the ancient era, yet also describes the ethical questions and "possible wicked rumors" the maiden – and later the man – worries about as she begins and continues her premarital love affair. Their discussions and then an agreement to marry each other is a part of this love poem. See also Eighteen Greater Texts Sangam literature References Bibliography Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983) Selby, Martha Ann (2011) Tamil Love Poetry: The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Aiṅkuṟunūṟu, an Early Third-Century Anthology. Columbia University Press, External links Towards a Descriptive Grammar of Kapilar's Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu, I. Major Morphology and Syntax of Kapilar's Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu, I. Major Sangam literature